STEVE MCCLELLAN

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• Warhol Museum Petitions Cannes For A Posthumous Lion in MAD on 06/19/2018
  

  According to the museum, based in the artist's hometown of Pittsburgh, Warhol was an award-winning illustrator and art director who freelanced for many of the biggest brand names of the 1950's.

• Icon Campaign Tackles Bladder Leak Stigma in Out to Launch on 06/19/2018
  

• Wise Joins DNA As Chief strategy Officer in People on the Move on 06/19/2018
  

• Mindshare Bolsters Its North America C-Suite in People on the Move on 06/18/2018
  

• Ally Financial Selects MediaCom As Its New Media Agency in Accounts on the Move on 06/18/2018
  

• Busch Says Get Dad What He Really Wants: A Cold One in Out to Launch on 06/15/2018
  

• Initiative Wins Converse Media Business in Accounts on the Move on 06/15/2018
  

• Spotify Taps Agency Veteran To Lead Its Expanding Verticals Team in People on the Move on 06/15/2018
  

• 360i Taps Terrassa For Chief Operating Officer Role in MAD on 06/15/2018
  

  The WPP veteran is the latest in a series of promotions and new hires that have reshaped the 360i leadership team.

• Dentsu Aegis Adds Sabogal, Promotes Two In Latam Region in People on the Move on 06/14/2018
  

Comments by Stephen All comments by Stephen

• Despite Rumors To The Contrary, Manly Men Drink Rose by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 08/06/2017)
  

  Thanks Nicholas, as editor of this column I should have caught that. Appreciate that you did. 

• Brands Failing To Provide Quality Training In Media Skills by Steve McClellan (MAD on 10/28/2016)
  

  It is J.R., although it's usually not referred to as 'educatiing' and frequently it is people below the c suite. But often agencies meet with clients to 'brief' them on this or that issue. Which makes sense given that the former are supposed to be experts in the field. 

• Agencies React To Finger-Pointing, 4As Calls ANA Report Anonymous, One-Sided by Steve McClellan (MAD on 06/07/2016)
  

  Thanks for catching that Michael, now fixed.

• Shoe Carnival, 22squared Launch Retailer's Largest Social Media Effort by Larissa Faw (MAD on 02/03/2016)
  

  Thanks Jim, should be fixed now

• Ad Spend Drove 16% ($5.8 Trillion) Of Total U.S. Sales Activity In 2014 by Steve McClellan (MAD on 11/16/2015)
  

  Also, there is now a link in the story to the full report.

• Ad Spend Drove 16% ($5.8 Trillion) Of Total U.S. Sales Activity In 2014 by Steve McClellan (MAD on 11/16/2015)
  

  Ed, much of it is based on proprietary modeling; but the report has a three-page appendix devoted to Theory and Methodology.  Here are a couple of passages:"To quantify the economic impact of advertising expenditures on the US economy, this study:  Estimates the total level of advertising spending in the United States and creates a 5-year forecast.  Estimates sales, employment, value added and labor income impacts based on econometric models that quantify the relationship between ad spending and resulting sales.  Uses input-output methodologies to compute the ripple effect of economic activity that happens as a result of the sales from ad spending.  Simultaneously allocates advertising to every state, congressional district and 17 NAICS-based industry aggregates using proprietary macroeconomic, regional and industry models."Some IRS data was used as well:  "Using the IRS tax statistics database, IHS was able to collect industry-level advertising expenditure information that was reported on each corporation income tax form. A reformation of the model specification was needed as a result of revised historical data and a change in the source data of the dependent variable. The structure of the economy was much different when the model was first developed and subsequently the regressor data had a different statistical form. Thus, the old model did not provide an optimal fit of the data."

• In A First, Coca-Cola Cans Go Nameless by Steve McClellan (MAD on 07/06/2015)
  

  Nick, you're absolutely right, the cans aren't "label-less" at all. While they don't have the usual big bold Coca-Cola name printed on them, they certainly have a label and I've switched art and added new copy to make the story a little more complete anyway. I'm sure there are still unanswered questions but thank you for pointing out some of the obvious flaws. 

• Five Companies Agencies Should Partner With by Steve McClellan (MAD on 03/25/2015)
  

  hmmm, hadn't thought about it in porno terms, but now that you mention it.. Anyway, nice catch Tom, thanks

• Nielsen's Plan To Improve TV Measurement: Progress, Not Perfection by Stefanie Morales (MAD on 02/25/2015)
  

  Nick, MediaPost would be more than happy to offer you the same platform as Stefanie for an equal time post. 800 words give or take, a thousand words max. Think you're off to a good start already with your eloquent comments but you're certainly entitled to the "main stage" for a broader take if you'd like. Send to mcclellan@mediapost.com and thanks for your interest in doing so.

• Marissa Mayer: The Case For Advertising On Yahoo by Steve McClellan (MAD on 03/18/2014)
  

  oops. I forecast a correction in my immediate future. Thanks for pointing that out.

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